Today, we’re gonna talk about edges. The edge of your board is very important. The with the help of the Rocker pattern, the Edge of the board helps decide the speed of board. The kind of edge is also going to decide whether the board will catch itself easily or not.

There are are two different kinds of edges. A Sharp Edge, and a Beveled Edge.

Beveled Edge- When a wake board has a beveled edge, this means that the edge of the board is rounded off. If a board has a beveled edge, the bevel, or rounded edge, is going to be in the middle part of the 3-Stage Rocker.  This rounded edge does a couple of different things for the board. If you remember when we talked about 3-Stage rockers, they tend to be slower then continuous rockers because the middle of the board is dragging in the water. When you bevel the edge of the board though, the rounded edge creates lift on the board. This lift reduces drag on the board and makes it faster then a 3-staged board with a full sharp edge.  A beveled edge also makes the board less likely to catch an edge while landing or sliding. The beveled edge does make the board a little slower to edge into the wake compared to a sharp edge. Some boards with a beveled edge are the Ronix Viva, the Ronix One, the Liquid Force Witness, and the Hyperlite Tribute.

Sharp Edge- The tip and the tail of all boards is going to be a Sharp edge. A Sharp edge is going to hold tightly going into the wake. The Sharp edge is always going to be found on Continuous Rockers, and is what gives the board it’s speed. If the board does have a Sharp Edge though, it will be more prone to catching it’s self and could cause the rider to fall. Some examples of boards with Sharp Edges are the Hyperlite Sub 6, the Hyperlite Marek, The Hyperlite Murray, the Liquid Force Groove, and the Byerly Assault.